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#alerta #correction #retraction

Apologies for the error, this is a liberal led protest of PursuitNW Church.

That being said my take remains the same, for the love of god don't go protest a church that the FBI is looking for an excuse to protect.

This is a potentially unwise protest that will lead to arrest and injury for little to no gain.

Its not likely to produce the optics the libs wish, the media will spin it as always.

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Update. New study: "Male first authors have higher #retraction rates, particularly for scientific misconduct such as plagiarism, authorship disputes, ethical issues, duplication, and fabrication/falsification. No significant gender differences were found in retractions attributed to mistakes."
sciencedirect.com/science/arti

www.sciencedirect.comDo male leading authors retract more articles than female leading authors?Scientific retractions reflect issues within the scientific record, arising from human error or misconduct. Although gender differences in retraction …

🫠 ‘Data manipulations’ alleged in study that paved the way for Microsoft’s quantum chip | Science Magazine

「 co-author Vincent Mourik had concerns when he saw drafts of the paper. Mourik, now at the Jülich Research Center, found signs that data had been cherry-picked to support the paper’s conclusions and began to question his co-authors more than a year before it was published 」

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Citations of #microRNA Biomarker Articles That Were Retracted: A Systematic Review | Medical Journals and Publishing | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman “In this study, #retraction was not associated with a reduction in #citations of retracted articles, but articles that cited retracted publications had higher odds of later retraction. These findings suggest that journals may need to implement mechanisms for detection of postretraction citations.”

jamanetwork.comCitations of microRNA Biomarker Studies That Were RetractedThis systematic review investigates the association of retractions with patterns of further citations among articles reporting microRNA studies.